San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-10-11
GERMAN ENGLISH FAIR.
The Opening Night is a Grand Sue
cess, Financially and other



wise when SO many beautiful young
ladies and stately matrOns were engi-
neerlng 1t through. The hall aid recep-
tiOn room was beautifully decorated
with flags Of nations, gaily cOlOred
| bunting and with tropical plants,
luxurlant ferns and frOnds, and bOquets
OF cut flowers.
The lmain hall was beautifully lighted
from gas chandeliers and at the upper
end OF the hall WAS semi circle bearing
the symbol "WelcOme," which twinkled
from hundreds OF gas jets.
This hall was devoted to the booths
or stands where various articles were
exposed for sale, and hawked about the
room by pretty and pertinaCious young
peddlers. Other booths contained
catches" OF various kinds TO beguile
the head and heart of the poor, innocent
men, and empty their pockets into the
Golfers of the presiding geniuses OF the
fair. A reporter OF the LIGHT lowering
under the protecting wing of Mr. Geo.
BartholOmsie QLittle Joker and shielded
by his superior wisdom In such things,
made the grand rounds and saw ell that
was to be seen Mt a casual glance,
though he missed One-half OF the pretty
smiles and shy little flirtatiOns and coax
ings of the young ladies with the young
gentlemen The first stand visited was
the one devoted to the sale of cigars,
cigarettes, smoking tobacco and smokers
articles. Here also Little Joker" called
attention to the fact that his brand of
Little Joker tobacco, a great quantity of
which had been supplied by himself to
the ladies gratis, was rapidly disappear
ing and the till of the fair vender was
filling in exact ratio. People must have
it, even at ladies' fairs. The lady in
charge of this stand was Miss Marie
LacOste, who was assisted by Misses
Paulita and Maria Wulfi, Minnie and
Annie Gross, Nits and Amalie Lacoste.
Lizzie Campbell and Bertha Baer. The
stand was prettily decorated and the
ladies exerted themselves to secure GUS
toners.
The next booth was reserved for the
sale of fruits and Confections. This
was beautifully decorated, being a work
of art in itself, under the charge Of Mrs.
George BartholOmaie, the happy wife of
the LIGHTS friend. The cash was rafting
into the money drawer with lively
jingle and everybody left with a pleased
smile after few words with the pleas
ant little lady and her fair assistants,
Misses Emma Hoyer, Emma Heuermann,
Lizzie Gross, Carolina Gross, Clara
Slemerng and Alice Ssmuels, Of Gal
weston.
Passing to the left of the large hall
the next booth visited was where the
ice-cream and cakes were dispensed.
Like the others, beautifully decorated,
it wac in charge of Mesdames Ferdinand
Herff, Jr., and p. Monier, assisted by
such charming young ladies as Misses
Annie Heusinger, Sophie Lacoste, Sar-
tor, Tengg, Guerguin and Maggie Clan
ton. Auxiliary to the booth were a num-
Der OF tables and chairs. used for the
comfort Of customers in eating the
cream, and these were well supplied as
the repOrtOrial pair glided by to the next
stand.
This was the fish pond, where the
hook and line, at so much cast, would
bring up all sorts of indescribable MIC
naCks. In charge of this was Miss Nina
Griesenbeck, assisted by Misses Ida
Schutze, Annie Deussen, Mary Rum
nell, Mary Baetz, and Lulu McAllister.
This was arranged to represent truth
fully the Aquatic sport OF poor Ike Wal
ton, and many were the merry peals of
laughter, as some luCklesS fellow
brought forth tiny fish or baby doll
Unlike our presidential angler, how
ever, he would generally refuse to have
the fact telegTaphpd over the associated
press wires, and the public will never
know of it, other than by reading this
issue of the LIGHT.
The lottery table was then visited and
treated with the respect Dame Fortune
always exacts from her vOtariCs. Any
thing in reason one could mention was
there TO be found, and many of the
prizes were really worth more than the
money paid by the winner for the
''chance." Mrs. A. Wahlstab presided
gracefully as the tempter, and other
tempters in the persons of the Misses
Bertha Bsrbeck, Lena HOerner, Char
lOtte Gross and Lima HOyer, lured
the gentlemen to certain ~ good for
tune.
Here" said Little Joker, "yOu must
see the menagerie. played the part of
bill poster today, and how do YOU like
it?' 1t WAS certainly \ success. Genuine
circus show bills Illuminated the side
walls OF this grOtesque tent" and the
representations OF the most wonderful
and rare animals were exhibited in high
ly cOlOred pictures. Mrs. Or. Favre was
the fair exhibitor, assisted by such in
dustrious keepers as the Misses Emma
and Annie Degen, Louisa SchultZe and
Emma Schwartz.
The fancy work shop was the next,
This was gaily DedeCked with the finest
Of specimens of ladies' needlework, and
an ola pOdrida of other articles. The
ladies in charge of the fair were the
sslesladies OF this stand, Mrs. Krakauer,
the president, and Mesdames Geo. Kali
teyer and j. ROnse. They were faith
fully assisted by the Misses Minnie
DuGrler, Hulda Rummell, Otilia Heu-
singer, Nellie Mayer. Amelia Huth and
Lena BOtz. Mrs. ROnse has the thanks
OF the LIGHT FOR great assistance in pre-
paration OF this report
The castle Of the mystic gypsies was
discovered in the centre OF the room.
Like all gypsy castles, this was found to
be tent, quite romantic and piCtur-
esque, Here the Misses Fork and Lille
Mayer, assisted by Mrs. A. Wagner, dis
pensed the most prOpitiOus of good fates
to the curious ones for a small cOnsidera-
ton, and their success in telling Of the
past as well as their bright prom
ises OF the future so capti-
waited the gentlemen that their
cards and fingers were busy all the
evening.
During the evening the following
musical programme was rendered from
the stage OF this hall, which gave gen
eral satisfaction and the participants
therein received merlted applause:
-Quartette: "Fruehlingszeit," by A.
Refs; Mrs. Favre. Miss Minnie Gross.
soprano; Mrs. A. Wagner, Miss Carolina
Gross, alto; Mr.. j. Arnold, Mr.. G. AR.
Campbell, tenor; Mr.. A. Beckmann, Mr..
Ii. Haarmann, bassO.
COrnet solo, Visions" by Brooks:
Mr.. G. A. X, Campbell.
Piano solo. "Cachouoher Caprice" by
Raft; Prot. John NJ. Steinfeldt.
Trio. "TO Thee. Oh. Conntrv . nv